Vince Gilligan has returned to New Mexico to begin working on his new show. The still-untitled Apple TV+ series isn’t set in the Breaking Bad-verse, but it does star one of the Emmy-snubbed leads of Better Call Saul: Rhea Seehorn, who played Kim Wexler. Filming began in Albuquerque on Monday, May 13, according to KOAT.
“I keep returning to the Land of Enchantment for the beautifully cinematic landscape and to continue working with the best crew ever,” Gilligan said. “They’ve been making me look good for seventeen years now, and I figure, why fix it if it ain’t broke?” The project will employ over 1,400 New Mexico residents, including 500 crew members and more than 100 principal actors.
Gilligan has previously teased that the Apple TV+ series has “no crime and no methamphetamine,” and that “the world changes very abruptly in the first episode, and then it is quite different. And the consequences that that reaps hopefully provide drama for many, many episodes after that.” The show also has a “sci-fi element to it.” He added, “It’s going to be fun and different. I have no prediction as to how folks to react to it — whether they’ll love it or hate it, or somewhere in the vast in-between. But I know it’s a story that interests me, and Rhea will be playing a very different character than she played on Saul.”
We’re coming up on the one-year anniversary of Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco’s relationship, as the pair first started dating in June 2023. Blanco has of course spent some time thinking about his future, and his vision includes children, as he conveyed in a May 14 interview with Howard Stern.
When Stern speculated that Blanco doesn’t “have room for kids” in his life, Blanco pushed back enthusiastically, saying that having children is his “next goal.” He added, “I have a ton of god kids, I got a ton of nephews. I love being around kids.”
Stern then jokingly tried to get Blanco to propose to Gomez on air, and after laughing it off, Blanco continued, “When I look at her, I do say… I’m always just like, ‘I don’t know a world where it could be better than this.’”
In an April interview, Blanco revealed that it took him a while to realize that he had fallen for Gomez, saying, “I was the last one to know. It’s crazy how your partner could just be sitting there the whole time, right in front of your eyes, and you don’t even notice, and then you have that clueless moment where you’re like, ‘Wait, I’m in love.’”
One of the biggest tours of 2024 has landed: In Minneapolis’ Target Center last night (May 14), Megan Thee Stallion launched the Hot Girl Summer Tour. For those who are set to attend a future date of the trek, here’s what to know about what the setlist might look like.
Per setlist.fm, Megan’s Minneapolis setlist featured 29 total songs. She opened by giving her recent single “Hiss” its live debut, and she also performed “Boa” and “Cobra” live for the first time, too.
Back in January, Meg said of the tour, “I feel like I’ve never been able to be outside doing my own thing during the summer, since like 2019. So this is going to be the first time that I drop an album on time for the summer. I do want to give the hotties the Megan Thee Stallion experience.”
Check out the setlist below.
Megan Thee Stallion’s Hot Girl Summer Tour Setlist
The Indiana Pacers will return home needing a win in Game 6 to stay alive, otherwise their offseason will begin and the New York Knicks will be headed to the Eastern Conference Finals.
They’re in that position because they laid an egg in Game 5 in the Garden, as Jalen Brunson and the Knicks dominated in every facet of the game. For the second time in three games in New York, Tyrese Haliburton was extremely passive, scoring just 13 points on nine shots. It was a stark contrast to the energy and aggression he showed at home in Indiana, and if the Pacers are going to have a chance at winning this series, he will have to figure out how to get his game to travel
Haliburton is dealing with a handful of ailments, but the same can be said about most players in the playoffs (including Brunson) and we saw him find that extra gear in Games 3 and 4. On Inside the NBA, Draymond Green and Vince Carter, who were filling in for Shaq and Charles, discussed what their messages would be to Haliburton. Carter’s was simple, asking him “are you ready to go home?” and telling him to be more aggressive. Green, meanwhile, had a more pointed critique of Haliburton’s effort, particularly on the defensive end.
“I’m going to take this another step forward with Tyrese Haliburton,” Green said. “You have to come out and compete at a level that says I want to move on. And that’s not just on the offensive end, that’s on the defensive end. When you come out and you hedge on a screen and you just slap behind a guy and the guy turns the corner, that is setting the tone for the team, because you’re the guy. We’re not asking you to come out and be Patrick Beverley. We’re not asking you to be Andrew Nembhard. We’re asking you to come out and give an honest effort and compete. When you slap and you stop on the defensive end and give up, you’re letting the other guys down. Those are the same guys that you need as a star to run through a brick wall for you. And if you take the easy way out on the defensive end every chance you get, those guys that you need to run through a brick wall ain’t runnin’ through that brick wall and you’re gonna be on your way home. So he has to come out and compete on both ends of the floor like his life depended on it. Not be lockdown, just show some effort so then the help can get there and help you.”
It’s a really terrific segment from Draymond and provides some insight into why he’s been effective as the Warriors vocal leader. This is thoughtful criticism, not just bashing a guy for the sake of it, and it points out how Haliburton has to improve if he’s going to be the guy on an elite level team. When your star isn’t giving total effort, the entire team feels like they can also let off the gas. As he notes, he’s not asking Haliburton to become a lockdown defender, but the lapses in effort simply can’t happen, because then you can’t demand it of your teammates on either end with credibility.
The Denver Nuggets were in a bad place after the first two games of the Western Conference Semifinals, as the team lost both home tilts to the Minnesota Timberwolves and looked like a shell of the team that lifted the Larry O’Brien trophy. Fast-forward to the end of Game 5 and you’d be shocked to learn that anyone was able to beat a team with Nikola Jokic on it, as the NBA MVP played one of the best games of his career en route to a 112-97 Denver win that moves them one win away from a series victory.
Neither team was able to really impose itself on the other over the course of the first quarter. While the Wolves had an early 6-point lead, Denver was able to piece together a quick, 10-3 run to go ahead. They’d never relinquish that lead over the remainder of the period, but a balanced effort by Minnesota’s offense kept the home team from ever opening up an emphatic lead, even though they went into the second ahead, 28-26, behind a big first quarter from Jokic, who had 12 points and four assists over the opening 12 minutes.
Joker makes it look easy with the hook shot in the 1Q of Game 5!
Jokic continued his heavy lifting during the second quarter, as he was ruthlessly efficient from the field despite battling with Rudy Gobert. And yet despite the MVP’s individual brilliance, Denver just couldn’t open up a sizeable lead on Minnesota. While Jokic had 19 points on 7-for-10 shooting, the rest of his teammates combined to shoot 45.2 percent from the field against the feisty Wolves defense, and as a result, the home team was unable to ever get its lead beyond seven points.
Aaron Gordon tips it to himself on the break and drops the hammer
Still, Minnesota’s offense wasn’t much better — Karl-Anthony Towns and Nickeil Alexander-Walker each had 11 points, while Anthony Edwards on had five points on 1-for-8 shooting — and as a result, the defending champs found themselves up 50-44 at the break.
The Wolves came out of the break at halftime on fire. The team raced out to an 11-3 lead to start the third quarter, which gave them an early lead and helped to quiet the opposing crowd. And then, the Nuggets showed off the championship DNA that they possess by immediately coming back with a run of their own — this time, it was an 11-2 stretch that erased everything Minnesota did at the start of the third.
Jokic continued to dominate in the third, whether he was showing off his passing chops or putting Gobert in the blender. It was one of the most emphatic quarters we’ve seen Jokic play, which is a high bar for the future Hall of Fame inductee. He took it to Gobert over and over again, scoring 16 points in the third as Denver took a 14-point lead into the game’s final frame.
With Jokic on the bench to start the fourth, Minnesota started to chip away, as the lead got down to 10 before Michael Malone called a timeout. During that stoppage in play, Jokic got put back in, and right away, the Nuggets ripped off eight straight points.
Down the stretch, any time that the Wolves started to put even a little pressure on the Nuggets, the champs would be able to find an answer and prevent them from cutting the lead to single-digits. This included Jokic, once again, doing something silly with Gobert on him.
There was just nothing that Minnesota could do about him on the night, as Jokic ended the evening with 40 points, 13 assists, seven rebounds, two steals, a block, and zero turnovers in 41 minutes of work. While others can debate if it was his best postseason performance, it was unquestionably in the conversation, as the MVP spent the evening breaking the spirits of the best defense in the NBA.
Beyond Jokic, Aaron Gordon had 18 points, 10 rebounds, and five assists, while both Jamal Murray and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope had 16 points. Towns scored 23 to lead Minnesota, and while Edwards and Gobert both went for 18, the former had one of his worst games of the postseason (he shot 5-for-15 from the field), while the latter had nothing for the league MVP.
The series will now return to Minnesota, where the atmosphere will assuredly be different from the jubilant environment that greeted the Wolves earlier in the series. Game 6 will take place at 8:30 p.m. EST on Thursday night on ESPN.
The first half of Game 5 between the Nuggets and Timberwolves was a Nikola Jokic masterclass, as the three-time MVP had 19 points and eight assists, doing just about everything for Denver to get them out to a six-point halftime lead.
Much of his work came against the league’s Defensive Player of the Year, Rudy Gobert, who Jokic has taken great pleasure in going at for years. He hit Gobert with the full arsenal of moves, from speed to power to finesse, and Gobert simply didn’t have any way of slowing him down. At halftime, the TNT crew assembled with Draymond Green and Vince Carter sitting in for Charles Barkley and Shaq, and when it came time to break down the Joker’s big half, Green couldn’t help but steal Shaq’s most famous line, calling Gobert “BBQ chicken” in that 1-on-1 matchup and recounting a legendary Jokic-Gobert anecdote.
Draymond: “BBQ chicken is happening…I’m a truth teller and right now the truth is, Rudy Gobert don’t stand a chance against Joker.” pic.twitter.com/SJvNrfTm4n
As Green is quick to note, this isn’t him continuing to pile on Gobert as he has been wont to do in the past, pointing out that he gave Gobert his due this year as a deserving DPOY. However, Green insists he’s just a “truth-teller” and in this game, Gobert has no chance on an island with Jokic, which is a place very few have success. The Wolves will certainly look to adjust in the second half, in particular trying to avoid letting Jokic get Gobert one-on-one in order to get Rudy off the grill.
The New York Knicks moved one win away from the Eastern Conference Finals with a 121-91 win over the Indiana Pacers on Tuesday night. After Indiana was able to even up the series by defending its homecourt, the Knicks were able to hunker down and run them out of Madison Square Garden behind the latest playoff masterpiece from Jalen Brunson.
One of the defining things about Game 5 was that it was the first time we’ve really seen emotions boil over with these two things, as there were multiple technical fouls handed out. At one point, Donte DiVincenzo ran into a screen by Myles Turner and got his money’s worth, which led to the two of them getting into it with one another before they were separated.
Unsurprisingly, DiVincenzo got asked about this after the game, and instead of trying to lower the temperature a bit, he opted to prod Turner and the Pacers.
“They were trying to be tough guys. That’s not their identity… Nobody’s gonna fight in the NBA. Take the foul, keep it moving. You’re not a tough guy, just keep it moving.”
“They were trying to be tough guys,” DiVincenzo told the press. “That’s not their identity, and there was nothing more to that. I just didn’t agree with trying to walk up on somebody that you … nobody’s gonna fight in the NBA, so take the foul, keep it moving. You’re not a tough guy, just keep it moving.”
DiVincenzo is not the first person to call out the Pacers like this during the 2024 playoffs, as Bobby Portis called them a team of “frontrunners.”
The 2024 WNBA season got going on Tuesday night, and all eyes were on rookie sensation Caitlin Clark playing in her first game for the Indiana Fever as they visited the Connecticut Sun.
It was a rough start for Clark, went scoreless and missed all three of her shots in the first quarter. However, she would eventually settle into the game and put up 20 points and three assists on 5-of-15 shooting (4-of-11 from three), showing off the range and quick trigger that made her a star in college.
The flashes of what she can be were there, but so were the reminders of where she is right now as a rookie still adjusting to the speed and physicality of the pro game. Clark had 10 turnovers in her debut, and the Fever offense sputtered around her, as NaLyssa Smith was the only other Indiana player in double figures with 13 points. After the game, Clark noted the Sun’s physicality was a factor in her turnovers, but also said she has to be sharper.
Caitlin Clark credited CT’s physicality for forcing so many personal/team turnovers — but also felt many of hers were “uncharacteristic.” Said she has to be crisper.
Christie Sides also mentioned she thought the team could help Clark out more if they’d come to the ball more
As for the Sun, they followed the lead of their veteran stars to a 92-71 win, pulling away in the fourth quarter from the young Fever. DeWanna Bonner put up 20 points on 8-of-14 shooting to lead Connecticut, and moved into 5th all-time in WNBA scoring with the performance.
The bucket that moved DeWanna Bonner into 5th place on the WNBA all-time scoring list!
Alyssa Thomas, who finished third in MVP voting a year ago, picked up where she left off with a triple-double, scoring 13 points, dishing out 13 assists, and pulling down 10 boards.
TRIPLE DOUBLE MACHINE! @athomas_25 loaded up the stat sheet in tonight’s matchup vs the Fever
Those two got support from DiJonai Carrington and Tyasha Harris, who each scored 16 points, and overall the Fever just didn’t have answers on defense for the Sun. It was a terrific start to the season for Connecticut, as they hope to be contenders once again after reaching the semifinals a year ago as the 3-seed. For the young Fever, the opener was a reminder of how far they have to go to reach that level, and an early crash course for Clark in what she’ll see from top teams in the WNBA.
Producer Madlib celebrated a big milestone this past weekend. On Saturday (May 11) at a 10th anniversary celebration of his album Piñata, which featured raps by Freddie Gibbs. The celebration took place at The Rooftop at Pier 17 in New York City.
During the celebration, Madlib spun some tunes and dropped some beats. Freddie Gibbs was set to come to the stage. But before he performed, Madlib teased some new music with his frequent collaborator.
“Y’all ready for Freddie Gibbs?,” Madlib asked the crowd, who responded with cheers. Madlib continued, promising the crowd “[I’m] About to drop this live sh*t on y’all. Montana up next.”
Madlib teases his Freddie Gibbs collab album ‘Montana’ at a recent show
Though neither Madlib nor Gibbs indicated an official release date for Montana, fans are waiting with bated breath.
Montana will mark Madlib and Gibbs’ third full-length album together, their first being 2014’s Piñata and their second being 2019’s Bandana. The duo releases music under the stage name, MadGibbs.
In addition to these two — soon to be three — albums, Madlib and Gibbs have also released five EPs together — 2011’s Thuggin’, 2012’s Shame, 2013’s Deeper, 2014’s Knicks (Remix), and 2020’s The Diamond Mine Sessions, with El Michels Affair.
You can see a clip from the Piñata 10th anniversary show above.
The New York Knicks are one win away from the Eastern Conference Finals. Despite getting annihilated in Game 4 by the Indiana Pacers and looking like the team was completely out of gas, New York found a second wind as the series returned to Madison Square Garden on Tuesday night for Game 5. Behind the latest monster playoff performance from Jalen Brunson, the Knicks were able to pick up a 121-91 win to take a 3-2 series lead.
The very early part of Game 5 looked like it had the potential to go similarly to Game 4, as the Pacers looked like the more crisp and more in sync team as their lead got up to as many as seven points in the opening five minutes. And then, the Knicks caught fire, going on a 15-3 run to get the Garden into the game and put a much-needed pep in their step.
Miles McBride slashes and scoops in the acrobatic layup!
While N.Y.’s lead only got up to as many as six points and didn’t give them much of a cushion, the injection of confidence after the team got blown off the floor in the previous game was obvious, particularly on offense. And by the end of the first, the Knicks held on to a 38-32 lead.
In the second quarter, Brunson really started to impose himself on the game. The talismanic Knicks guard scored 18 of his 28 first half points in the period, and nearly outscored the Pacers as a team in the second. His 28 points in a single half were a new playoff franchise record.
Jalen Brunson stuns the defense and cruises to the lane for the floater
New York’s size and physicality was a huge, huge issue for Indiana throughout the first half, as the Knicks absolutely pummeled the Pacers on the glass — they had more offensive rebounds (12) than Indiana had rebounds (11) — and completely dominated in the paint, with Brunson and co. getting to the rim and either scoring or grabbing the offensive board on a miss. By the time the two teams went into the locker room, the Knicks found themselves up, 69-54, behind Brunson’s big half and 12 points from both Josh Hart and Deuce McBride. The Pacers’ only player in double-figures was Pascal Siakam, who had 13.
With their backs against the wall at the start of the third quarter, Indiana came out on fire. More specifically, Myles Turner was a huge problem for New York, as the Pacers started the period on a 9-1 run thanks to the big man knocking down three triples in 1:04 to cut New York’s lead to seven.
But after a timeout, the Knicks settled down and immediately took off. The team immediately ripped off a 19-1 run that completely took the Pacers out of the game — Indiana went a full seven minutes of game time between field goals — and put themselves on the precipice of a win, as they took a 96-75 lead into the fourth.
Donte DiVincenzo comes from the corner with a sneaky putback jam
Once again, Indiana was able to start a quarter with a run to just raise the anxiety in the building. This time, the Pacers scored nine consecutive points to get New York’s lead down to 12 … but once again, the Knicks quickly found a response, this time in the form of a 13-2 run to get the lead back up to 23. Indiana couldn’t lay a glove on New York after that, and the final two minutes of the game were spent with one of the most unusual sights you’ll see: Brunson, Hart, and Donte DiVincenzo all sitting on the bench.
Brunson’s 44 points, seven assists, and four rebounds led the way for New York, while Hart and Alec Burks both scored 18 and McBride went for 17. The unsung hero on the night was Isaiah Hartenstein, who had seven points, 17 rebounds (12 on the offensive glass), and five assists. Siakam’s 22 points and eight rebounds paced the Pacers, while Turner had 16. After looking like he started to find his footing in the series on the heels of a stinker in Game 1, Tyrese Haliburton struggled to impose himself on the game with 13 points on only 5-for-9 shooting with five assists.
The series will head back to Indiana for Game 6, where the Pacers won the previous two games these teams played. Game 6 will take place on May 17 on ESPN.
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Gordon slam!
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